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Iranian-backed militias stage armed protest at Baghdads Green Zone after commanders arrest PMF forces setting up checkpoints around Baghdad’s Green Zone, May 26, 2021. (Photo: Social Media) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Wednesday described Iranian-backed militias demonstration surrounding, and armed entry into, Baghdads fortified Green Zone that day as a "serious violation of the Iraqi constitution," hours after one of the groups leaders was arrested by g...

SAMARRA (Iraq): US contractor Lockheed Martin has withdrawn its staff from an Iraq base where it had been maintaining the Iraqi army’s F-16 fighter jets, military sources said, after a spate of rocket attacks. At least five attacks have targeted the Balad airbase, where other US companies including Sallyport are also present, since the start of the year. At least three foreign subcontractors and one Iraqi subcontractor have been wounded. The attacks are rarely claimed, and when they are it is...

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US contractor leaves Iraq base over rocket attacks The United States has provided Iraq with 34 F-16s, all stationed at Balad. [Getty] Date of publication: 11 May, 2021 Share this page: US contractor Lockheed Martin has withdrawn its staff from an Iraq base where it had been maintaining the Iraqi armys F-16 fighter jets, military sources said, after a spate of rocket attacks. At least five attacks have targeted the Balad airbase, wh...

Vietnam, Australia cooperate in UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công  05/05/2021    10:04 GMT+7 Australia has supported Vietnam’s third rotation for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), airlifting Vietnamese defence members and equipment back to the home country, a move to consolidate the two...

Department of Defence Australia has supported Vietnam’s contribution to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) by airlifting Vietnamese military personnel and equipment. A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17A Globemaster provided the airlift during late March and late April, allowing Vietnam to rotate its UNMISS Level‑Two Field Hospital contingent. Chief of Joint Operations Command, Lieutenant General Greg Bilton, said the Australian Defence Force’s work alongside Vietnam d...

SHARE Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi ordered security forces to increase operations against militants after deadly attacks that officials blamed on ISIS. Mr Al Kadhimi, who is also commander-in-chief of the armed forces, issued the directives at meeting convened late on Sunday after attacks on security troops in central and northern Iraq claimed at least 18 lives on Friday and Saturday. These included “revitalising intelligence and security efforts, reactivating pre-emptive operatio...

Have you ever heard of Combined Joint Headquarters (CJHQ) Top End? Before you go racing to Google, it doesn’t exist! Yet Australia and its partners need such an arrangement. It’s time to leverage our strategic geography and make a bold commitment to maritime security and multilateral military cooperation by establishing just this kind of headquarters. At the very least, a CJHQ in northern Australia could help to coordinate humanitarian assistance and disaster responses in a region facing mo...

Kataib Hezbollah controls access points to key Iraqi border city Iran-linked armed groups have over the past year tightened and consolidated their grip on a key border area between Iraq and Syria, preventing journalists from entering and local residents from farming their land. Members of the Popular Mobilization Units wave the faction flag during a symbolic funeral ceremony in the central holy city of Karbala, on the anniversary of the airstrikes by US planes on several bases belonging t...

Journalist ‘steals’ security document BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREAVA A CHIREDZI-BASED journalist has appeared at the Chiredzi Magistrates Courts facing a charge of stealing a classified document from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Law and Order office at Chiredzi Police Station. Patrick Chitongo, who runs Lowveld Checkpoint, an online publication, is alleged to have committed the crime in August 2019. His case failed to kick off on Wednesday after some of the police officers who wer...